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Zamboanga stakes claim as RP’s top seaweed producer

dc.coverage.spatialZamboangaen
dc.coverage.spatialZamboanga Peninsulaen
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.coverage.spatialFranceen
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Koreaen
dc.coverage.spatialEuropeen
dc.coverage.spatialCebu Cityen
dc.coverage.spatialZamboanga del Suren
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-30T02:36:15Z
dc.date.available2019-01-30T02:36:15Z
dc.date.issued2008-03-23
dc.identifier.citationZamboanga stakes claim as RP’s top seaweed producer. (2008, March 23). The Philippine Star, pp. C-6, C-7.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/3975
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Star Printing Co., Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.philstar.com/business/agriculture/2008/03/23/51386/zamboanga-stakes-claim-rprsquos-top-seaweed-produceren
dc.subjectseaweedsen
dc.subjectseaweed cultureen
dc.subjectlivelihoodsen
dc.subjectresearchen
dc.subjectagaren
dc.subjectcarrageeninsen
dc.subjectseaweed productsen
dc.subjectresearch institutionsen
dc.subjectReturn on investmenten
dc.subjectglobal warmingen
dc.subjectClimatic changesen
dc.titleZamboanga stakes claim as RP’s top seaweed produceren
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleThe Philippine Staren
dc.citation.firstpageC-6en
dc.citation.lastpageC-7en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberPS20080323_C-6en
local.seafdecaqd.extractIn the face of declining seaweed harvests in the country’s traditional major seaweed production centers, the regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region IX has taken bold steps to intensify seaweed culture in the whole Zamboanga Peninsula. “The objectives,” says BFAR Region IX director Virgilio Alforque, “are to help stabilize seaweed supply in the country, enable seaweed processors to operate at higher capacity and, most importantly, make it possible for Zamboanga’s seaweed farmers to take advantage of prevailing high prices.” Fortunately, a new research by SEAFDEC researchers Anicia Hurtado and Renato Agbayani has shown that deep water (more than 10 meters deep) farming of the seaweeds Kappaphycus is possible and very profitable just like the other methods in shallower waters. This method in deeper waters is commonly called alul.en
local.subject.personalNameAlforque, Virgilio
local.subject.personalNameSarmiento, Malcolm
local.subject.personalNameHurtado, Anicia
local.subject.personalNameAgbayani, Renato
local.subject.personalNameDakay, Benson
local.subject.personalNameYap, Arthur
local.subject.corporateNameSeaweed Industry Association of the Philippines (SIAP)en
local.subject.corporateNameSoutheast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)en
local.subject.corporateNameBureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Region IXen
local.subject.scientificNameEucheuma cottoniien
local.subject.scientificNameKappaphycusen
local.subject.scientificNameEuchemaen
local.subject.scientificNameGracilariaen


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